Jay Kimble -- The Dev Theologian

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• A Response to DonXML's "XLINQ XML Literals... Classic ASP Spaghetti Hell? "

  [I started this as a comment on Don's blog and decided it was getting too lengthy for a comment] Don, [Let me switch on my Religion Degree Hat... Unnhhh... Ok... I think it's on... do you see the light?? No... Nuts... Ahhh... the switch... bzzzt!] AMEN... Posted Feb 07 2006, 06:02 PM by Jay Kimble with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: C#, Dev Philosophy, Technology, VB.Net

• Looking at Python...

  I have decided to spend sometime learning Python. I may actually have a small amount of time to do so over the next month. The main reason is this article by Darrell. My hopes are that maybe I can write some Python for a quick problem solving session... Posted Jul 26 2005, 07:08 AM by Jay Kimble with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: C#, Components and tools, Dev Philosophy, Technology, VB.Net

• Where has Jay been

  This is a quick personal (kind of) post. I just wanted my regular readers to stay tuned. I will be back (am back). I've had an extremely busy couple of weeks. I'm writing a guide for the How TO Select Guides on Internet E-mail components, have been extremely... Posted Jul 23 2005, 11:27 PM by Jay Kimble with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: C#, Dev Philosophy, Personal, Technology, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Components and tools

• ICUI - the reverse of FUD (AKA Offending everyone)

  When I wrote the experts post I was trying to attack a particular attitude that I see in commenters, and on some blogs. There are a lot of people out there who subscribe to what I now call "ICUI" which stands for "It's cool! Use it!" Whenever they see a particular technology -- that they are devoted to -- attacked (or that someone points out a valid question about when to use it), they immediately attack telling the writer what a freaking idiot he is and that he has no idea what he is talking Posted Jun 24 2005, 02:48 PM by Jay Kimble with Filed under: C#, Dev Philosophy, Technology, VB.Net

• Future Personal Language Choices in VS2005

  I had a conversation with a friend this morning that somewhat scared me. This friend has been the biggest VB.Net proponent I have ever met. His stance is what has inspired to stand up to " stupid language bigotry " (BTW, this ended in a truce). I have... Posted Apr 12 2005, 10:15 AM by Jay Kimble with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Architecture, C#, Dev Philosophy, Technology, VB.Net